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2013-08-12T15:59:00-04:00

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[Turing 2013] Atheist Entry #1

Last updated on: August 12, 2013 at 3:59 pm By Leah Libresco

This is the first entry in the Atheist round of the 2013 Ideological Turing Test. This year, atheists and Christians responded to questions about sex, death, and literature. Polyamory It seems to me that the purpose of civil marriage is not to tell people who they should be in a relationship with, but rather to grant legal recognition and rights to the people who are in fact in relationships. As such, the question is not “should more than... Read more

Ideological Turing Test

Atheist Turing answers 2013

2013-08-09T16:11:57-04:00

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7 Quick Takes (8/9/13)

Last updated on: August 9, 2013 at 4:11 pm By Leah Libresco

— 1 — A few weeks ago, I was visiting DC, and gosh darn it if this video for the a Game of Thrones-styled tour of DC landmarks doesn’t make me feel homesick all over again: — 2 — Meanwhile, very far from both Berkeley and DC: Two more of not-a-planet Pluto’s moons have been named. On Tuesday the International Astronomical Union announced names for two of these moons, the fourth and fifth to be discovered. Moon No. 4 is now Kerberos,... Read more

7 Quick Takes

2013-08-09T14:54:24-04:00

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One-Sided Turing Tests and Privilege

Last updated on: August 9, 2013 at 2:54 pm By Leah Libresco

Next week, the second half of this year’s Ideological Turing Test opens, and, in the meantime, PEG has come up with an interesting connection between Ideological Turing Tests and what I like calling ‘reverse dog whistles’ (someone please help me come up with a better name). In rhetoric, a dog whistle is a way to say something that seems innoucuous to most of your audience, but carries a message to a core group of supporters. Think of businesses that include a... Read more

Debate Tactics

Ideological Turing Test

2013-08-07T14:31:55-04:00

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Come Pick a Useful Fight with me in NYC

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 2:31 pm By Leah Libresco

This weekend, I’m in New York City for the alumni debate of my college group, and while I’m in town, I’ll be giving a talk on productive ways to have arguments this Saturday (August 10th) at an event cohosted by the NYC Less Wrong meetup group and Ergo (a rationalist group). Now, if by productive arguments, you mean quick and dirty ways to win, I think you may be a bit more interested in Words that Work or The Strategy of Conflict. But when... Read more

Debate Tactics

speaking engagements

2013-08-05T17:40:03-04:00

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Legal Shortcuts So Sharp You’ll Cut Yourself

Last updated on: August 5, 2013 at 5:40 pm By Leah Libresco

Sorry for the absence, readers! We’ve been short-staffed due to plague at work. This week will be usual posts, and next week the atheist round of the Turing Test will begin. I’m a little troubled by the way same-sex marriage is becoming de facto legal in Pennsylvania. When I was having SCOTUSblog parties back in June, I found the reasoning based on standing kinda messy. If a law is challenged, it seems like the appropriate state officials should be obligated to... Read more

Morality in Practice

church/state

gay marriage

2013-07-26T13:12:26-04:00

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[Turing 2013] Christian Entry #12

Last updated on: July 26, 2013 at 1:12 pm By Leah Libresco

This is the twelfth and final entry in the Christian round of the 2013 Ideological Turing Test. This year, atheists and Christians responded to questions about sex, death, and literature. Polyamory Since the dawn of humanity, the divine model for intimate love has been simply one of paradise: the incomparable union between two people. Compelling and enduring, our legal system has taken this cue for intimacy, defining the structure for marital partnership as limited to two adults. But... Read more

Ideological Turing Test

Christian Turing answers 2013

2013-07-25T14:01:48-04:00

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[Turing 2013] Christian Entry #11

Last updated on: July 25, 2013 at 2:01 pm By Leah Libresco

This is the eleventh entry in the Christian round of the 2013 Ideological Turing Test. This year, atheists and Christians responded to questions about sex, death, and literature. Polyamory I had a philosophy professor once who liked to say, “Always start by making distinctions,” and that’s where I’m going to begin on this issue. Polyamory is an intentionally general term, encompassing both what I’ll call polygamy and what I’ll call group marriage. Polygamy is found fairly commonly in... Read more

Ideological Turing Test

Christian Turing answers 2013

2013-07-24T14:24:22-04:00

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[Turing 2013] Christian Entry #10

Last updated on: July 24, 2013 at 2:24 pm By Leah Libresco

This is the tenth entry in the Christian round of the 2013 Ideological Turing Test. This year, atheists and Christians responded to questions about sex, death, and literature. Polyamory Well, first of all, I’m a Protestant, and Protestants generally only consider baptism and communion to be sacraments. That said, I have a lot to say about the ethics of polyamory from a Christian perspective, way more than I could ever fit in here, but I’ll try to give... Read more

Ideological Turing Test

Christian Turing answers 2013

2013-07-24T14:02:07-04:00

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[Turing 2013] Christian Entry #9

Last updated on: July 24, 2013 at 2:02 pm By Leah Libresco

This is the nineth entry in the Christian round of the 2013 Ideological Turing Test. This year, atheists and Christians responded to questions about sex, death, and literature. Note, this one came in without linebreaks due to formatting, so I guessed… and then the author emailed me and they’re now correct. Polyamory I don’t think there is even a question about the sacrament being monogamous, so lets talk about the social institution. While special revelation makes it much clearer,... Read more

Ideological Turing Test

Christian Turing answers 2013

2013-07-22T11:06:25-04:00

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[Turing 2013] Christian Entry #8

Last updated on: July 22, 2013 at 11:06 am By Leah Libresco

This is the eighth entry in the Christian round of the 2013 Ideological Turing Test. This year, atheists and Christians responded to questions about sex, death, and literature. Polyamory Marriage, at its core, is limited solely to the union of two persons. I don’t know very much about civil marriage, but I can attest that natural marriage is dictated according to natural law and oriented toward the building of the family. Because it cannot exist without the complementary... Read more

Ideological Turing Test

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